Predictors of the failure of treatment with chloroquine plus chlorpheniramine, in children with acute, uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-338

  Sowunmi, A ^a,b   Fateye, B A ^a   Adedeji, A A ^a   Fehintola, F A ^a   Gbotosho, G O ^a   Happi, T C ^a   Oduola, A M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; KETOTIFEN; PROMETHAZINE;

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 21044448297     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X36226     Document Type: Article

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